03-17-2017, 03:56 PM
Thanks for the kind words on the knife.
She is sharp, and so far seems to have pretty good edge retention.
I tempered the tang pretty well, but it did go into the kiln with the rest of the blade.
I noticed that I did have to be careful when grinding because there was a lot more bite on the tang.
My expectations on the handle over time are somewhat low.
I was in a hurry to get a handle on it and play with the feel and balance for its intended use in the kitchen of making big vegetables into small ones.
But for many reasons, this isn't a knife that is allowed in the dishwasher.
+1 on being safe.
Kind of strange that I never came across the toxicity of the rosewood family in woodworking circles.
I've made quite a few things out of it over the years, and just got lucky.
It is difficult to get a glue to hold it, but a high quality slow set epoxy has held up pretty well on other projects.
If it falls off, I get to play with the next material
She is sharp, and so far seems to have pretty good edge retention.
I tempered the tang pretty well, but it did go into the kiln with the rest of the blade.
I noticed that I did have to be careful when grinding because there was a lot more bite on the tang.
My expectations on the handle over time are somewhat low.
I was in a hurry to get a handle on it and play with the feel and balance for its intended use in the kitchen of making big vegetables into small ones.
But for many reasons, this isn't a knife that is allowed in the dishwasher.
+1 on being safe.
Kind of strange that I never came across the toxicity of the rosewood family in woodworking circles.
I've made quite a few things out of it over the years, and just got lucky.
It is difficult to get a glue to hold it, but a high quality slow set epoxy has held up pretty well on other projects.
If it falls off, I get to play with the next material